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Meanings of selfishness in English
Placing concern with oneself above the interests of others.
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Usage of selfishness in English
1
A disbelief in God results in selfishness, and in various moral catastrophes.
2
Russia stands for reaction; England for selfishness and perfidy; France for decadence.
3
The life that rejoices in solitude may be only rejoicing in selfishness.
4
The persecutions of the early Church originated partly in selfishness and superstition.
5
It needs much discipline and watchfulness; it excludes all self-will and selfishness.
6
Still, I felt I had a right to a measure of selfishness.
7
The old sentiment of slave-owning has disappeared before natural common-sense and selfishness.
8
Prisons mean social selfishness, the disowning of our own flesh and blood.
9
It was the culmination of the whole abominable selfishness of his sex.
10
There was something in her nature that excluded the possibility of selfishness.
11
The notorious selfishness of Spartan policy is glaringly manifested in this speech.
12
He believes that selfishness is the root of all means of destruction.
13
I could have beaten myself for my selfishness; but it was true.
14
She mastered self and selfishness, in the very citadel of their strength.
15
This curiosity meant more than narrow selfishness; it had a special reason.
16
It is a sin to encourage him in such selfishness and despotism.
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Selfishness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common